History Births on June 29

Celia Thaxter, American poet and story writer (d. 1894)

#Celia_Thaxter

Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist (d. 1850)

#Frédéric_Bastiat

Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager

#Katsuya_Nomura

Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer

#Edward_Maya

Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)

#Stokely_Carmichael

Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)

#Little_Eva

Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (d. 2017)

#Louis_Nicollin

Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach

#Rick_Honeycutt

Cara Williams, American actress

#Cara_Williams

José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)

#José_Pablo_Moncayo

Joe Johnson, American basketball player

#Joe_Johnson_(basketball)

Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dokken)

#Don_Dokken

Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (d. 1995)

#Katherine_DeMille

Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (d. 1929)

#Harry_Frazee

Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer and educator (d. 1958)

#Aarre_Merikanto

Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist

#Colin_Hay

Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (d. 1669)

#Willem_van_der_Zaan

Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604)

#Christine_of_Hesse

Zuleikha Robinson, English actress

#Zuleikha_Robinson

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan

#Gurbanguly_Berdimuhamedow

Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (d. 2008)

#Ernesto_Corripio_y_Ahumada

Jeremy Powers, American cyclist

#Jeremy_Powers

Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama

#Ernesto_Pérez_Balladares

Franz Seldte, German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour (d. 1947)

#Franz_Seldte

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (d. 1972)

#Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis

Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer

#Bret_McKenzie

Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer

#Marleen_Veldhuis

Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner

#Rosa_Mota

Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1991)

#Vasko_Popa

John Boccabella, American baseball player

#John_Boccabella

Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player

#Theoren_Fleury

Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer

#Vyacheslav_Artyomov

Matthew Bode, Australian footballer

#Matthew_Bode

Yann M'Vila, French footballer

#Yann_M'Vila

Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1934)

#Wilbert_Robinson

Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857)

#Josef_Ressel

Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#Charles_J._Precourt

Nick Fry, English economist and businessman

#Nick_Fry

Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)

#Ivan_Chernyakhovsky

Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1837)

#Giacomo_Leopardi

Francis W. Nye, United States Air Force major general (d. 2019)

#Francis_W._Nye

Peter Waage, Norwegian chemist and academic (d. 1900)

#Peter_Waage

Luke Branighan, Australian rugby league player

#Luke_Branighan

Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013)

#Jean_Kent

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (d. 2004)

#Prince_Bernhard_of_Lippe-Biesterfeld

Curt Sachs, German-American composer and musicologist (d. 1959)

#Curt_Sachs

Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)

#Petronilla_of_Aragon

Dusty Hughes, American baseball player

#Dusty_Hughes_(baseball)

Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (d. 1915)

#Sergei_Witte

Jeff Burton, American race car driver

#Jeff_Burton

Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)

#Ludwig_Beck

Quintin Demps, American football player

#Quintin_Demps

Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589)

#Julius,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg

Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)

#Burgess_Whitehead

Éver Banega, Argentinian footballer

#Éver_Banega

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot (d. 1944)

#Antoine_de_Saint-Exupéry

Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor

#Harrison_Gilbertson

Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer

#Suk_Hyun-jun

Camila Mendes, American actress and model

#Camila_Mendes

Robert Evans, American actor and producer

#Robert_Evans

Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)

#Emperor_Go-Mizunoo

Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (d. 1927)

#Squizzy_Taylor

Willibald Alexis, German author and poet (d. 1871)

#Willibald_Alexis

Dieter Althaus, German politician

#Dieter_Althaus

Gary Busey, American actor

#Gary_Busey

Brian d'Arcy James, American actor and musician

#Brian_d'Arcy_James

Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal

#Seán_Patrick_O'Malley

Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)

#Nelson_Eddy

Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist (d. 2005)

#Ruth_Warrick

Francis S. Currey, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient

#Francis_S._Currey

George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#George_D._Zamka

Jean-Louis Pesch, French author and illustrator

#Jean-Louis_Pesch

Ann Veneman, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture

#Ann_Veneman

Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)

#Pedro_Pacheco_de_Villena

Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (d. 2013)

#Ray_Harryhausen

Joachim Heinrich Campe, German linguist, author, and educator (d. 1818)

#Joachim_Heinrich_Campe

Pedro Montt, Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile (d. 1910)

#Pedro_Montt

Tripp Eisen, American guitarist

#Tripp_Eisen

Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka

#Chandrika_Kumaratunga

Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 2012)

#Nicole_Russell,_Duchess_of_Bedford

Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

#Nicole_Scherzinger

Judith Hoag, American actress and educator

#Judith_Hoag

Kim Little, Scottish footballer

#Kim_Little

Aleksandr Shustov, Russian high jumper

#Aleksandr_Shustov

Daniel Carlsson, Swedish race car driver

#Daniel_Carlsson_(rally_driver)

George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist (d. 1938)

#George_Ellery_Hale

Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)

#Harmon_Killebrew

Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player

#Kawhi_Leonard

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)

#Jaber_Al-Ahmad_Al-Sabah

José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer

#José_Manuel_Jurado

Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician

#Joan_Laporta

Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983)

#Slim_Pickens

Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (d. 2017)

#Walter_Babington_Thomas

Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963)

#Erik_Lundqvist

Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician (d. 1932)

#Julia_Lathrop

Michael Nutter, American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia

#Michael_Nutter

S?awomir Mro?ek, Polish-French author and playwright (d. 2013)

#S?awomir_Mro?ek

George Hincapie, American cyclist

#George_Hincapie

Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1963)

#Robert_Schuman

Richard Lewis, American actor and screenwriter

#Richard_Lewis_(comedian)

Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal

#Pedro_Santana_Lopes

Fred Grandy, American actor and politician

#Fred_Grandy

Joan Clos, Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona

#Joan_Clos

Pedro Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player and manager

#Pedro_Guerrero_(baseball)

Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player

#Joseph_Manu

William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)

#William_James_Mayo

Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (d. 1992)

#Earle_Meadows

Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1902)

#Thomas_Dunn_English

Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano and actress

#Katherine_Jenkins

Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (d. 2000)

#Frédéric_Dard

Aundrea Fimbres, American singer-songwriter and dancer

#Aundrea_Fimbres

Philip H. Hoff, American politician (d. 2018)

#Philip_H._Hoff

Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach

#Amarildo_Tavares_da_Silveira

John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926)

#John_Hunn_(governor)

Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (d. 2005)

#Radius_Prawiro

Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517)

#Maria_of_Aragon,_Queen_of_Portugal

Craig Sager, American sportscaster (d. 2016)

#Craig_Sager

Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy

#Giorgio_Napolitano

Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Matthew_Good

Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (d. 2001)

#Ralph_Burns

Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Robert_Forster_(musician)

Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director (d. 1926)

#Joseph_Carl_Breil

Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player

#Bobby_Morgan_(baseball)

Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician

#Usha_Prashar,_Baroness_Prashar

Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)

#Bernard_Herrmann

George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (d. 1928)

#George_Washington_Goethals

Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878)

#Angelo_Secchi

Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585)

#Rembert_Dodoens

María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress

#María_Conchita_Alonso

T?ru Hashimoto, Japanese lawyer and politician

#T?ru_Hashimoto

Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager

#Leovegildo_Lins_da_Gama_Júnior

Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager

#Pavlos_Dermitzakis

Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Ian_Paice

Lily Rabe, American actress

#Lily_Rabe

Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Sharon_Lawrence

Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)

#Sean_Bergin

Shmuly Yanklowitz, American rabbi, author, and educator

#Shmuly_Yanklowitz

Bob Shaw, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)

#Bob_Shaw_(baseball)

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1389)

#Murad_I

Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)

#Ian_Bannen

Seamus McGarvey, Northern Irish cinematographer

#Seamus_McGarvey

Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)

#Oriana_Fallaci

Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938)

#Leo_Frobenius

Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970)

#Benedetto_Aloisi_Masella

Robert Laurent, American sculptor and academic (d. 1970)

#Robert_Laurent

Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician

#Andreu_Mas-Colell

Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist

#Anne-Sophie_Mutter

Heinz Harmel, German general (d. 2000)

#Heinz_Harmel

Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator

#Chou_Wen-chung

Melora Hardin, American actress and singer

#Melora_Hardin

Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (d. 2005)

#Hendrikje_van_Andel-Schipper

Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921)

#Peter_I_of_Serbia

Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (d. 2009)

#Reinhard_Mohn

Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos, Greek captain and businessman (d. 2011)

#Vassilis_C._Constantakopoulos

Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor

Addison Timlin, American actress

Ilya Shesterkov, Russian footballer

Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2005)

Andy O'Brien, English footballer

Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer

Emily Skinner, American actress and singer

Melanie Paschke, German sprinter

Claude Béchard, Canadian politician (d. 2010)

Yoko Kamio, Japanese author and comic artist

Paul Jarvis, English cricketer

Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer

Amanda Donohoe, English actress

Terry Wyatt, English physicist and academic

Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2012)

David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter

Bobby London, American illustrator

Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster

Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)

Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (d. 2019)

Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter

John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach

Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer

Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)

John Bradshaw, American theologian and author (d. 2016)

Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British jurist; Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

Sevim Burak, Turkish author (d. 1983)

Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician

Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 2014)

Pete George, American weightlifter

Pat Crawford Brown, American actress

Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician

Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)

Roger Stuart Bacon, 21st Premier of Nova Scotia from 1990 to 1991.

Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S lieutenant general

Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (d. 2014)

Chan Parker, American dancer and author (d. 1999)

Roy Walford, American pathologist and gerontologist (d. 2004)

Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator (d. 2015)

John William Vessey, Jr., American general (d. 2016)

Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (d. 1960)

César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1995)

Gene La Rocque, U.S admiral (d. 2016)

Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2011)

Ling Yun, Chinese politician (d. 2018)

Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic (d. 1976)

Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer (d. 1996)

John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004)

Émile Peynaud, French oenologist and academic (d. 2004)

Frank Loesser, American composer and conductor (d. 1969)

Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (d. 1975)

Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1956)

Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (d. 1942)

Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator (d. 1986)

Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 2001)

Willie Macfarlane, Scottish-American golfer (d. 1961)

Henry Hawtrey, English runner (d. 1961)

Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (d. 1939)

John Newton Brown, American minister and author (d. 1868)

Lavinia Stoddard, American poet, school founder (d. 1820)

Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (d. 1831)

Sehzade Osman, Ottoman prince (d. 1754)

Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585)

Anthony Browne, English knight (d. 1506)

John II of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1479)